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Originally Posted by Slowguy
I guess the reason I like it is because of the fine tuning available. I mean if I’m not satisfied with 2/4 then push a button. Don’t like 4/6, push a button. Little lower? Push a button. Bumpy road? Lift it up a bit. Front sitting a little higher than the rear, lower it a touch.
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You do get a certain amount of adjustability but it doesn’t quite work like that. At least not with my bags, other bags may have more adjustability. My truck came with a cheap air ride kit installed and at ride height the pressures are 60psi front and 30psi rear. I didn’t get these pressures from the previous owner, the manual or what I thought ride height should be. These pressures were determined by driving. More pressure means a higher spring rate and the ride starts to get stiff, less pressure and the suspension starts hitting the stock bumpsrops. On smoother roads I could probably lower pressure and drop an inch or so without hitting the stock bumpstops but then the springs are too soft too. This is why HO455 mentioned changing the depth of the cup their air bag sits in, because the pressure needed to run his desired ride height isn’t in the sweet spot. So he needs to adjust the cup/mount to get the air bag in it’s height and pressure sweet spot.
I have the same problem with the system the previous owner installed on my truck. I’ve found the sweet spot, it rides great, handles good, it just so happens that sweet spot is only an inch or so lower than stock. Dropped spindles will get me where I want to be up front. Out back I’m going to need to modify or swap out the bag mounts (they’re more like 2 inch spacers top and bottom), get an adjustable pan hard bar and shock relocators.